Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-07
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| siou that thiv peculiar city makes upon {
stranger By reproducing the never fading
| Photographic II len upon biz memory when {
boy Of Ten.
Psst CSssls Smith thsrs runs . broad
| carriage drive which leads across tho rocky
promontory 10 the little harbor Of VIE
Frsnche. but tbs road does not rush straighl
at the hill in American fashioneit turns end
twists and doubles On itself IN such way
| that the high ridge n crossed q IN easy grade
and The road 70 VILE Franche 10 favorits
carriage drive.
A. you approach the castle there comes "a
the ear heavy booming sound, steadily 70.
psatsd, and the driver explains that IL ID
caused BY the breakers rushing through the
80 caverns under The cassle rock. Imasina.
romantic spot for The building Of castle but
the eternal thunder OF the surf under the col
las considerably impairs the value Of the real
estatA The 'Omsnce.mad builder he'd his
below big castie. but - you pAss the oastlo
rate and look acruss the loweiS6 draw bridge.
and deep moat q massive granits walls and
irowning towers the whole thing seems .
o.. I%S pssS. Sas S.s sS.t !: snS on. n
bsrmooy Win the cheerful landscape ali
about
On the other side Of the mountain fSius
the barrow entrance Of the harbOr Of Vile
Francbe there are heavy modern earthworks
tarbor has not much commercial value, Il In
deep snd affords good anchorage for the men
OF war that can NOT enter the shallow fishing
There was but single vessel in the anchor
age whom the writer first looked upon this
little rock walled bsy It wss . splendid
frigste with every ys,d hung square, and,
though. she Icy far below us, We tould
tight and snug on board. several carriages
hsd stopped on the crest OF the hill 70 admire
her beautiful proportions and to speculate ~
10 her nationality. She had just arrived the
night before and the flag that hung to the
eas "o S.ss w:s Rs
people with opera glaases prsisiDg the dieci.
pline Of the crew a. they sat with oar blades
pointed at the sky and dropped them all at
once to start the sturdy motion OF score Of
upede, oreep,ug swiftly scross the quiet bay.
breess passes, fiutters the ribbons Of the
ladies', the scsrlet poppies growing on the
slope. the distant surisce OF the harbor and
the Tag.
"a Yankee, by jupiter =" said tall Ens.
lishman with an opera glass, and two Ameri.
can small boys climbed upon Q Wall and
howled three cheers, which were echoed bys
young lady In one OF the carriages,s . Pennsyl.
vsnisn who hes since won fame In art We
could not distinguish the stripes or stars, but
We know that the old dsg was there and that
this splendid vessel was probably the Frank.
lin, the flagship OF Admiral Farragut He
was then having cruise OF triumph a. the
honored guest OF the proudest govern ments OF
the old world, aud his arrival at Nice had
been daily expected. But memories are TAX
ing me from the work OF picture painting and |
We must turn again to the town OF Nice, first |
Franche road. Along the side towards the |
$50 there 10 yet standing large part OF the |
cd town wall, and the top of II makes plese.
ant walk In the twilight or when the sun 10 |
not too warm. 1t II wide enough for two |
double teams TO drive abreast and the ma.
sonry 10 msssive In the extreme. 1t must |
not be thought however, that this broad space
u wasted, for In walled town every foot was
saved aud the wall was really solid block OF
ing doors and windows on that aide like any
other dwellings of their date. But the broad
stone roof and high parapet might have held
an army without . tremor 10 solidly was 1t
built
And indeed 1t had many . time bes
swarmod by eagor fighting men, and resisted
tho blows Of the battering rams, for Nice has
. bloody history, and many dark deeds and
gallant. deeds were done by mail clad ". rs!o's
The city wss founded some two thousand
years ago, was . place OF importance In the
time OF Caesar and the ruins OF . Roman sm.
Phithestre lie near the town. 1t was an &C.
pulsed fsrce,assault by the sArscens in 73l,
but at Last 1t fell before them and in the
tenth century the followers OF the crescent
were masters OF all the surrounding country.
In the fourteenth century Nice boldly op.
posed the Bsrbary pirates and regained her
old commercial Importance, but In 1913 fell
before the armies OF Francis and Barbarosa
Besides standing many seiges Nice has
twice been asaailed by terrible pestilence,
and the Roman tower on the little hill with
In thA town has 0v0PlnOkah n silont Cifv
whose people had been wiped out by an
enemy against whom no vslor could avail.
What have said about the value OF space
In vailed cities is shown IN those parts Of the
time and earthquake. Hero we find the
streets % narrow and houses DO high that the |
man ct the bottom 10 lost In gloom, aud the |
vermin can almost hop across from the top
cities must have been In times Of seige, with
their primitive sanitary engineering they
made fine nests for the Matching OF deadly
plague.
TO the southwest OF clear day you can see, II
your eyes are strong enough, . iaint gray spot
on the horizon. 1t In the island Of Corsica,
from which there came little man of destiny
who made oil Europe trembie.
Never MIND, 1t IN quiet enough nov, though
France is ruled by man who tries to carry
the sounding name OF the Corsican.
There Ii . crowd OF fishermen on the stony
beach below, ana several boats are coming In
tOwasds the surf. AZ we approach II becomes
evident that these are sardine fishermen draw.
ing the seine
Sardine canning IL great industry In Nice;
and there 10, or wss, large fishing population
whO kept the several factories supplied.
The men are big, numbering sailors, with
the strong voices aud fre8 way Of using them
that characterize seaiaring men of all nations,
and that their ways are primitive and rough
nobody can deny.
They come toiling through the shallow
water pulling hard Ut the nsts and shouting
In their half Italian patois till they have
dragged out on the damp stones shining
WrigRling mass of tish. On the beach lies \
shark, killed by the quick blow OF knife as
he fioundered In the shadows. The catch ia
bought ut once by representative OF sardine
fsctOry, and his mon proceed to scoop all fish
of respectable size leaving large number
OF small try In Q pool among The stones
these the fishermen appropriate, each one
flling his stiff tarpsulin hat with the little
hsh an inch or 10 long.
They also cut up the shark, and We pass
q man tramping homewsrd to the old town
with Q big piece OF shark under his arm, and
his hat In one hand,-the other hand covers
his mouth, and the twinkle OF his eye resem.
on the half shell. He II engaged In devour.
between his fingers This 10 plain unpol.
ished fact, and the little fishes were no doubt
quite - digestible - the snsils that the cpl.
cures OF these parts esteem DO highly. Alter
all, taste In these matters 10 only question OF
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